How to set up TheirStack
Authentication
TheirStack uses API key authentication:- Sign up at theirstack.com
- Navigate to your API settings
- Copy your API key
- Paste the API key in Cargo when connecting
TheirStack actions
Search companies
Find companies based on hiring signals and technology usage. Company filters:| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Revenue | Revenue range in USD |
| Employee count | Number of employees |
| Company type | Type of company |
| Industries | LinkedIn industry codes |
| YC companies only | Filter to Y Combinator companies |
| Company name/domain | Exact or partial matching |
| LinkedIn URL | Company LinkedIn page |
| Description pattern | Regex search in company descriptions |
| Country/location | Geographic filters |
| Technologies | Tech stack filters (OR/AND/NOT) |
| Funding | Funding amount and stage |
| Investors | Filter by investors |
| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Job title | Title patterns (regex supported) |
| Job seniority | Level filters |
| Job description | Content matching |
| Job location | Geographic filters |
| Remote | Remote job filter |
| Job technologies | Tech mentioned in job postings |
| Salary range | Compensation filters |
| Posted date | Job posting date range |
Search jobs
Find job postings with detailed filtering. Job filters: Same as company search job filters. Company filters: Same as company search company filters. Credits: 0.5 credits per result Use case: Discover companies hiring for specific roles and technologies.Search technologies
Find companies by their technology usage patterns. Technology filters:| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Technology slug | Specific technologies |
| Technology category | Technology categories |
| Parent category | High-level technology groups |
| Confidence | High/medium/low confidence |
| Max rank | Technology importance rank |
| Relative occurrence | Usage frequency |
| Min/max jobs | Job count with technology |
| First/last date found | Discovery timeline |
TheirStack data models
Fetch companies
Pull companies matching your criteria into Cargo. Configuration: Same as search companies. Features:- Incremental sync (daily)
- Unifies accounts by domain and LinkedIn
- 0.5 credits per result
Fetch jobs
Pull job postings into Cargo. Configuration: Same as search jobs. Features:- Incremental sync (daily)
- 0.5 credits per result
Credits
| Action | Credits |
|---|---|
| Search companies | Per result |
| Search jobs | 0.5 per result |
| Search technologies | 0.5 (fixed) |
| Fetch companies | 0.5 per result |
| Fetch jobs | 0.5 per result |
Rate limits
TheirStack API has a rate limit of 4 requests per second. Cargo handles rate limiting automatically.Best practices
- Use technology filters to find companies by their tech stack
- Combine job and company filters for precise targeting
- Use job posting recency for hiring intent signals
- Filter by funding stage for growth-stage companies
- Leverage description patterns for niche use cases